Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 22:27 by Denis Chabrol The National Assembly on Tuesday approved changes to the Births and Deaths Registration Act to make it easier for adults to register their births and for parents to register their children with surnames of their choice. Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn, in kicking off debate, said one of the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 14:19 by Writer Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Tuesday said government was drafting new legislation to counter people smuggling. In contributing to a debate on the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Bill, he said the new trafficking Bill would also include provisions to specifically protect children. “We have a new trafficking Bill that will ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 14:25 by Writer A mechanic was shot dead late Monday afternoon and his friend injured in ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, prompting a manhunt for two men — ‘Big John’/‘Double Clip’ and ‘Brainer’, police said. Police were informed that at about 5:50 pm, 21-year-old Jaleel Leow, a mechanic of Dennis Street, Campbellville, Georgetown ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 14:30 by Writer Three women have been robbed at gunpoint at a beauty salon on Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, but so far no one has been arrested, police said Tuesday. Investigators said that at about 10:10 pm, two men rode up on a black motorcycle and entered Simone’s Beauty Salon where they robbed ...